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Katie_Collins
Copper Contributor
Oct 09, 2023

SharePoint list in Document library folder

Hello!   I have set up a power automate flow to gather information from another teams SharePoint excel document to my teams SharePoint list for easier access. I will be doing the same with other Sh...
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Rob_Elliott
Bronze Contributor
Oct 09, 2023

Katie_Collins you're right this is not possible. Lists and document libraries are fundamentally different things. You can't put lists in a document library and it wouldn't be logical to do so.

 

Rob
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Katie_Collins
Copper Contributor
Oct 10, 2023
In this case I have multiple lists, but I don't want multiple lists in the navigation pane on the home SharePoint page. My organization would've looked like this: Documents > Mapping > and then each SharePoint list is in its own folder with the source name.
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    Rob_Elliott
    Bronze Contributor
    Oct 10, 2023

    Katie_Collins you are still facing the basic problem that lists can't be put in document libraries. The closest you can get to it is that when you are in your document library click the +New button then select Link.

     

    In the pane that appears paste in the address of the list. Then when the user is in the document library they just click the item and it opens the list.

     

     

    Rob
    Los Gallardos
    Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User.
    Principal Consultant, SharePoint and Power Platform WSP UK (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

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      Katie_Collins
      Copper Contributor
      Oct 10, 2023
      I would still need to create the list on the home page which would then appear in my navigation on the home page which is what I'm trying to avoid.
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        Rob_Elliott
        Bronze Contributor
        Oct 10, 2023

        Katie_Collins sorry, you've lost me. Why not just remove items from the navigation? A screenshot of what you have at the moment (and therefore what you want to avoid) might help me understand it a bit better.

         

        Rob
        Los Gallardos
        Microsoft Power Automate Community Super User.
        Principal Consultant, SharePoint and Power Platform WSP UK (and classic 1967 Morris Traveller driver)

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